Sunday, October 11, 2009

The Lady & the Vagabond plus the Pixel Perfect Award

These two were photographically captured at the Paddock Mall in Ocala. I do not know if they were friends or not, but they remained in conversation for quite some time. Then, the young lady went back to her job peddling rejuvenation pills from the Dead Sea.

The Pixel Perfect Award has been awarded to Hilda at My Manila. Hilda's beautiful photography exemplifies perfectly what this award is all about. And as most of us know, Hilda is a strong supporter of CDP and is always willing to help any blogger in need of information or assistance.

The Pixel Perfect award is given to a photo blogger who exhibits exceptional photographic skill in terms of artistic creativity, composition, sharpness and exposure. The criteria for receiving this award also includes a commitment to the City Daily Photo community.

Wow, Jacob and Lois Anne, this is an absolutely wonderful and unexpected surprise! I mean, you know that I only use a tiny camera and you've seen the ones I admire for their photography — I'm not even close! You are excellent photographers yourselves, so to receive this award from you is a truly great honor. Thank you!

Rejuvenation pills from the Dead Sea sounds mighty intriguing. Love how you caught the two.

@ Hilda - Please note all the comments that come in regarding your award...you are very loved in the CDP community.

And, as one of my photographic "heroes" says, it's not the camera! It's the person behind the camera... You prove that over and over again with photos that are done to perfection. Yes, you are close to those you admire!

Your photo of the couple is so telling. She's communicating so much with her look and smile and he is obviously of interest to her with all the body language. Good shot.

Hilda is a fantastic choice for your award. Through thick and thin, Hilda always delivers terrific photographs and strong, well written and informational copy to accompany it. Congrats to Hilda. Thanks Jacob and Lois Anne for recognizing her now for her CDP commitment and accomplishments from Manila.

Jacob, I left some notes for you on the comments for Fort Clatsop. I think you're right. It was the end of the trail for L & C, and the books probably said something like, "They wintered near the Pacific Ocean and started their journey back home." Boring. But it gets more intersting as you are on the spot. I think that besides being a miserably wet and cold winter, it was fairly uneventful in that they got along reasonably well with the Indians and took a lot of field notes. They also trekked a long ways to the coast and then south and set up a salt works.

Jacob, since you have an interest in Lewis & Clark, here's a post from 2001 with more photos. It's two digital cameras ago, but I think you'll enjoy the pix: http://sheryltodd.blogspot.com/2001/07/july-25-warrenton-fort-clatsop.html